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  • adjective Allayed; quenched; extinguished; as, a slaked thirst.
  • adjective Mixed with water so that a true chemical combination has taken place; as, slaked lime.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slake.

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  • adjective allayed

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Examples

  • Water is mixed - or 'slaked' - with quicklime, producing slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), whereby most of the heat which was used is again released.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • “Hydrated lime” (also called slaked lime) is produced by mixing the oxide forms with water.

    Lime 2008

  • _Hydrated lime_, often called slaked lime, is a combination of stone-lime and water.

    Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900

  • Reacting the calcium oxide with water (H2O) yields calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH) 2) which Rolly calls "Builder's Lime" and is more descriptively referred to as either "slaked" lime (think of slaking your thirst) or hydrated lime.

    Mexican Cookbooks 2004

  • She pressed the shiny metal bar, drinking deeply until her thirst was slaked.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • She pressed the shiny metal bar, drinking deeply until her thirst was slaked.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • That ingredient is slaked lime, limestone that has been calcined, or heated to a high temperature, and then exposed to water.

    The Secret of the Strength of the Great Wall of China Lies in Sticky Rice Mortar | Impact Lab 2010

  • I slaked my thirst at the brook; and then lying down, was overcome by sleep.

    Chapter 11 2010

  • Write because you must get your revenge or your thirst slaked, or write because your heart is full enough to overflow.

    2010 May « 2010

  • Write because you must get your revenge or your thirst slaked, or write because your heart is full enough to overflow.

    A Writer’s Vices « 2010

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  • great word clovisp!

    June 23, 2007